Boilerplate reduction (I understand strings in nix now!)

flake.nix

@@ -11,23 +11,14 @@
     locale = "en_US.UTF-8"; # select locale
 
     # ----- USER SETTINGS ----- #
-    name = "emmet"; # username
+    username = "emmet"; # username
+    name = "Emmet"; # name/identifier
     email = "librephoenix3@pm.me"; # email (used for certain configurations)
-    dotfilesDir = "~/.dotfiles"; # absolute path of the repo
+    dotfilesDir = "~/.dotfiles"; # absolute path of the repo locally
     theme = "ayu-dark"; # selcted theme from my themes directory
     wm = "xmonad"; # Selected window manager or desktop environment
-
-    # --- PATH CALCULATIONS -- #
-    homeNixPath = ./. + "/profiles"+("/"+profile)+"/home.nix";
-    configurationNixPath = ./. + "/profiles"+("/"+profile)+"/configuration.nix";
-    systemWMNixPath = ./. + "/system/wm"+("/"+wm)+".nix";
-    userWMNixPath = ./. + "/user/wm"+("/"+wm+"/"+wm)+".nix";
-    themePolarityPath = "/themes/"+theme+"/polarity.txt";
-    themePolarity = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile (./. + themePolarityPath));
-    backgroundUrlPath = "/themes/"+theme+"/backgroundurl.txt";
-    backgroundUrl = builtins.readFile (./. + backgroundUrlPath);
-    backgroundSha256Path = "/themes/"+theme+"/backgroundsha256.txt";
-    backgroundSha256 = builtins.readFile (./. + backgroundSha256Path);
+    font = "Inconsolata"; # Selected font
+    fontPkg = pkgs.inconsolata; # Font package
 
     # set pkgs to correct type
     pkgs = import nixpkgs {
@@ -42,20 +33,17 @@
     homeConfigurations = {
       emmet = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
           inherit pkgs;
-          modules = [
-            homeNixPath
-          ];
+          modules = [ (./. + "/profiles"+("/"+profile)+"/home.nix") ]; # load home.nix from profile
           extraSpecialArgs = {
-            myName = name;
-            myHostname = hostname;
-            myHomeDir = "/home/"+name;
-            myEmail = email;
-            myDotfilesDir = dotfilesDir;
-            myTheme = theme;
-            myThemePolarity = themePolarity;
-            myBackgroundUrl = backgroundUrl;
-            myBackgroundSha256 = backgroundSha256;
-            inherit userWMNixPath;
+            inherit username;
+            inherit name;
+            inherit hostname;
+            inherit email;
+            inherit dotfilesDir;
+            inherit theme;
+            inherit font;
+            inherit fontPkg;
+            inherit wm;
             inherit (inputs) nix-doom-emacs;
             inherit (inputs) stylix;
             inherit (inputs) eaf;
@@ -67,17 +55,17 @@
     nixosConfigurations = {
       snowfire = lib.nixosSystem {
         inherit system;
-        modules = [ configurationNixPath ];
+        modules = [ (./. + "/profiles"+("/"+profile)+"/configuration.nix") ]; # load configuration.nix from profile
         specialArgs = {
-          myName = name;
-          myHostname = hostname;
-          myTimezone = timezone;
-          myLocale = locale;
-          myTheme = theme;
-          myThemePolarity = themePolarity;
-          myBackgroundUrl = backgroundUrl;
-          myBackgroundSha256 = backgroundSha256;
-          inherit systemWMNixPath;
+          inherit username;
+          inherit name;
+          inherit hostname;
+          inherit timezone;
+          inherit locale;
+          inherit theme;
+          inherit font;
+          inherit fontPkg;
+          inherit wm;
           inherit (inputs) stylix;
           inherit (inputs) blocklist-hosts;
         };

profiles/homelab/configuration.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, myName, myHostname, myTimezone, myLocale, myTheme, myBackgroundUrl, myBackgroundSha256, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, username, hostname, timezone, locale, ... }:
 
 args@{ ... }:
 
@@ -32,26 +32,26 @@ args@{ ... }:
   boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
 
   # Networking
-  networking.hostName = myHostname; # Define your hostname.
+  networking.hostName = hostname; # Define your hostname.
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true; # Use networkmanager
 
   # Timezone and locale
-  time.timeZone = myTimezone; # time zone
-  i18n.defaultLocale = myLocale;
+  time.timeZone = timezone; # time zone
+  i18n.defaultLocale = locale;
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
-    LC_ADDRESS = myLocale;
-    LC_IDENTIFICATION = myLocale;
-    LC_MEASUREMENT = myLocale;
-    LC_MONETARY = myLocale;
-    LC_NAME = myLocale;
-    LC_NUMERIC = myLocale;
-    LC_PAPER = myLocale;
-    LC_TELEPHONE = myLocale;
-    LC_TIME = myLocale;
+    LC_ADDRESS = locale;
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = locale;
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = locale;
+    LC_MONETARY = locale;
+    LC_NAME = locale;
+    LC_NUMERIC = locale;
+    LC_PAPER = locale;
+    LC_TELEPHONE = locale;
+    LC_TIME = locale;
   };
 
   # User account
-  users.users.${myName} = {
+  users.users.${username} = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     description = "Emmet";
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];

profiles/homelab/home.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, myName, myEmail, myHomeDir, myDotfilesDir, myTheme, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, username, email, dotfilesDir, theme, ... }:
 
 {
   # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
   # manage.
-  home.username = myName;
-  home.homeDirectory = myHomeDir;
+  home.username = username;
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/"+username;
 
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 

profiles/personal/configuration.nix

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
 # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
 
-{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, myName, myHostname, myTimezone, myLocale, myTheme, myBackgroundUrl, myBackgroundSha256, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, username, name, hostname, timezone, locale, wm, theme, ... }:
 {
   imports =
     [ ../work/configuration.nix # Personal is essentially work system + games

profiles/personal/home.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, myName, myEmail, myHomeDir, myDotfilesDir, myTheme, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, username, email, dotfilesDir, theme, ... }:
 
 {
   # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
   # manage.
-  home.username = myName;
-  home.homeDirectory = myHomeDir;
+  home.username = username;
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/"+username;
 
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 

profiles/work/configuration.nix

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # your system.  Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
 # and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
 
-{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, myName, myHostname, myTimezone, myLocale, systemWMNixPath, myTheme, myBackgroundUrl, myBackgroundSha256, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, blocklist-hosts, username, name, hostname, timezone, locale, wm, theme, ... }:
 {
   imports =
     [ ../../system/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       ../../system/hardware/opengl.nix
       ../../system/hardware/printing.nix
       ../../system/hardware/bluetooth.nix
-      systemWMNixPath # My window manager selected from flake
+      (./. + "../../../system/wm"+("/"+wm)+".nix") # My window manager
       ../../system/app/flatpak.nix
       ../../system/security/doas.nix
       ../../system/security/gpg.nix
@@ -41,28 +41,28 @@
   boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
 
   # Networking
-  networking.hostName = myHostname; # Define your hostname.
+  networking.hostName = hostname; # Define your hostname.
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true; # Use networkmanager
 
   # Timezone and locale
-  time.timeZone = myTimezone; # time zone
-  i18n.defaultLocale = myLocale;
+  time.timeZone = timezone; # time zone
+  i18n.defaultLocale = locale;
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
-    LC_ADDRESS = myLocale;
-    LC_IDENTIFICATION = myLocale;
-    LC_MEASUREMENT = myLocale;
-    LC_MONETARY = myLocale;
-    LC_NAME = myLocale;
-    LC_NUMERIC = myLocale;
-    LC_PAPER = myLocale;
-    LC_TELEPHONE = myLocale;
-    LC_TIME = myLocale;
+    LC_ADDRESS = locale;
+    LC_IDENTIFICATION = locale;
+    LC_MEASUREMENT = locale;
+    LC_MONETARY = locale;
+    LC_NAME = locale;
+    LC_NUMERIC = locale;
+    LC_PAPER = locale;
+    LC_TELEPHONE = locale;
+    LC_TIME = locale;
   };
 
   # User account
-  users.users.${myName} = {
+  users.users.${username} = {
     isNormalUser = true;
-    description = "Emmet";
+    description = name;
     extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
     packages = with pkgs; [];
     uid = 1000;

profiles/work/home.nix

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, myName, myEmail, myHomeDir, myDotfilesDir, myTheme, userWMNixPath, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, python3Packages, nix-doom-emacs, stylix, username, email, dotfilesDir, theme, wm, ... }:
 
 {
   # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should
   # manage.
-  home.username = myName;
-  home.homeDirectory = myHomeDir;
+  home.username = username;
+  home.homeDirectory = "/home/"+username;
 
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
 
   imports = [
               nix-doom-emacs.hmModule
               stylix.homeManagerModules.stylix
-              userWMNixPath # My window manager selected from flake
+              (./. + "../../../user/wm"+("/"+wm+"/"+wm)+".nix") # My window manager selected from flake
               ../../user/shell/sh.nix # My zsh and bash config
               ../../user/shell/cli-collection.nix # Useful CLI apps
               ../../user/bin/phoenix.nix # My nix command wrapper

system/README.org

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ My system-level Nix modules are organized into this directory:
 Variables can be imported from [[../flake.nix][flake.nix]] by setting the =specialArgs= block inside the flake (see [[../flake.nix][my flake]] for more details).  This allows variables to merely be managed in one place ([[../flake.nix][flake.nix]]) rather than having to manage them in multiple locations.
 
 I currently import the following variables to the system config:
-- =myName= - Username
-- =myHostname= - Hostname for machine
-- =myTimezone= - Timezone for machine
-- =myLocale= - Locale for machine
-- =myTheme= - base16 theme stored in ../themes to be used
-- =myBackgroundUrl= - Direct link to background wallpaper (used for login screen)
-- =myBackgroundSha256= - Checksum for background image used when downloading
+- =username= - Username
+- =hostname= - Hostname for machine
+- =timezone= - Timezone for machine
+- =locale= - Locale for machine
+- =theme= - base16 theme stored in ../themes to be used
+- =backgroundUrl= - Direct link to background wallpaper (used for login screen)
+- =backgroundSha256= - Checksum for background image used when downloading

system/app/docker.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, myName, storageDriver ? null, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, username, storageDriver ? null, ... }:
 
 assert lib.asserts.assertOneOf "storageDriver" storageDriver [
   null
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ assert lib.asserts.assertOneOf "storageDriver" storageDriver [
     storageDriver = storageDriver;
     autoPrune.enable = true;
   };
-  users.users.${myName}.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
+  users.users.${username}.extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
 }

system/security/doas.nix

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ config, myName, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, username, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
   # Doas instead of sudo
   security.doas.enable = true;
   security.sudo.enable = false;
   security.doas.extraRules = [{
-    users = [ "${myName}" ];
+    users = [ "${username}" ];
     keepEnv = true;
     persist = true;
   }];

system/style/stylix.nix

@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@
-{ config, pkgs, stylix, myTheme, myThemePolarity, myBackgroundUrl, myBackgroundSha256, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, stylix, theme, font, fontPkg, ... }:
 
 let
-  myFont = "Inconsolata";
-  myFontPkg = pkgs.inconsolata;
-  myThemePath = "../../../themes/"+myTheme+"/"+myTheme+".yaml";
-  myLightDMTheme = if myThemePolarity == "light" then "Adwaita" else "Adwaita-dark";
+  themePath = "../../../themes/"+theme+"/"+theme+".yaml";
+  themePolarity = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/polarity.txt"));
+  myLightDMTheme = if themePolarity == "light" then "Adwaita" else "Adwaita-dark";
+  backgroundUrl = builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/backgroundurl.txt");
+  backgroundSha256 = builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes/"+("/"+theme)+"/backgroundsha256.txt");
 in
 {
   imports = [ stylix.nixosModules.stylix ];
 
   stylix.autoEnable = false;
-  stylix.polarity = myThemePolarity;
+  stylix.polarity = themePolarity;
   stylix.image = pkgs.fetchurl {
-   url = myBackgroundUrl;
-   sha256 = myBackgroundSha256;
+   url = backgroundUrl;
+   sha256 = backgroundSha256;
   };
-  stylix.base16Scheme = ./. + myThemePath;
+  stylix.base16Scheme = ./. + themePath;
   stylix.fonts = {
     monospace = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     serif = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     sansSerif = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     emoji = {
       name = "Noto Color Emoji";

user/README.org

@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ My user-level Nix modules are organized into this directory:
 Variables can be imported from [[../flake.nix][flake.nix]] by setting the =extraSpecialArgs= block inside the flake (see [[../flake.nix][my flake]] for more details).  This allows variables to merely be managed in one place ([[../flake.nix][flake.nix]]) rather than having to manage them in multiple locations.
 
 I currently import the following variables to the system config:
-- =myName= - Username
-- =myHostname= - Hostname for machine
-- =myHomeDir= - Absolute path to home directory derived from =myName=
-- =myEmail= - Email
-- =myDotfilesDir= - Path to my dotfiles directory on the system
-- =myTheme= - base16 theme stored in ../themes to be used
-- =myThemePolarity= - whether theme is =light= or =dark=
-- =myBackgroundUrl= - Direct link to background wallpaper (used for login screen)
-- =myBackgroundSha256= - Checksum for background image used when downloading
+- =username= - Username
+- =hostname= - Hostname for machine
+- =myHomeDir= - Absolute path to home directory derived from =username=
+- =email= - Email
+- =dotfilesDir= - Path to my dotfiles directory on the system
+- =theme= - base16 theme stored in ../themes to be used
+- =themePolarity= - whether theme is =light= or =dark=
+- =backgroundUrl= - Direct link to background wallpaper (used for login screen)
+- =backgroundSha256= - Checksum for background image used when downloading

user/app/doom-emacs/doom.nix

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, eaf, eaf-browser, org-nursery, myThemePolarity, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, eaf, eaf-browser, org-nursery, theme, ... }:
 let
-  myDashboardLogo = ./. + "/nix-" + myThemePolarity + ".png";
+  themePolarity = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/polarity.txt"));
+  dashboardLogo = ./. + "/nix-" + themePolarity + ".png";
 in
 {
   programs.doom-emacs = {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ in
   home.file.".emacs.d/org-nursery" = {
     source = "${org-nursery}";
   };
-  home.file.".emacs.d/dashboard-logo.png".source = myDashboardLogo;
+  home.file.".emacs.d/dashboard-logo.png".source = dashboardLogo;
   home.file.".emacs.d/scripts/copy-link-or-file/copy-link-or-file-to-clipboard.sh" = {
     source = ./scripts/copy-link-or-file/copy-link-or-file-to-clipboard.sh;
     executable = true;

user/app/doom-emacs/doom.org

@@ -1409,9 +1409,10 @@ Any git package can be configured for a particular commit or branch:
 * Nix Integration
 In order to have Nix load my Doom Emacs configuration [[./doom.nix][doom.nix]], which I source in the =imports= block of my [[../../home.nix][home.nix]].
 #+BEGIN_SRC nix :tangle doom.nix
-{ config, lib, pkgs, eaf, eaf-browser, org-nursery, myThemePolarity, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, eaf, eaf-browser, org-nursery, theme, ... }:
 let
-  myDashboardLogo = ./. + "/nix-" + myThemePolarity + ".png";
+  themePolarity = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/polarity.txt"));
+  dashboardLogo = ./. + "/nix-" + themePolarity + ".png";
 in
 {
   programs.doom-emacs = {
@@ -1489,7 +1490,7 @@ in
   home.file.".emacs.d/org-nursery" = {
     source = "${org-nursery}";
   };
-  home.file.".emacs.d/dashboard-logo.png".source = myDashboardLogo;
+  home.file.".emacs.d/dashboard-logo.png".source = dashboardLogo;
   home.file.".emacs.d/scripts/copy-link-or-file/copy-link-or-file-to-clipboard.sh" = {
     source = ./scripts/copy-link-or-file/copy-link-or-file-to-clipboard.sh;
     executable = true;

user/app/git/git.nix

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, myName, myEmail, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, username, email, ... }:
 
 {
   home.packages = [ pkgs.git ];
   programs.git.enable = true;
-  programs.git.userName = myName;
-  programs.git.userEmail = myEmail;
+  programs.git.userName = username;
+  programs.git.userEmail = email;
   programs.git.extraConfig = {
     init.defaultBranch = "main";
   };

user/bin/phoenix.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, myName, myDotfilesDir, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, username, dotfilesDir, ... }:
 
 let
   # This sets up my "phoenix" script with my configuration paths
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ let
   myPhoenixScript = ''
       if [ "$1" = "sync" ]; then
         if [ "$2" != "user" ]; then
-          pushd ''+myDotfilesDir+'';
+          pushd ''+dotfilesDir+'';
           sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#;
           popd;
         elif [ "2" != "system" ]; then
-          pushd ''+myDotfilesDir+'';
-          home-manager switch --flake .#''+myName+'';
+          pushd ''+dotfilesDir+'';
+          home-manager switch --flake .#''+username+'';
           popd;
           which xmobar &> /dev/null && killall xmobar;
           which xmonad &> /dev/null && xmonad --recompile && xmonad --restart;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let
           [ -f ~/.fehbg-stylix ] &> /dev/null && ~/.fehbg-stylix;
         fi
       elif [ "$1" = "update" ]; then
-        pushd ''+myDotfilesDir+'';
+        pushd ''+dotfilesDir+'';
         nix flake update;
         popd;
         if [ -d ~/.emacs.d/eaf/app/browser ]

user/style/stylix.nix

@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
-{ config, pkgs, myTheme, myThemePolarity, myBackgroundUrl, myBackgroundSha256, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, theme, font, fontPkg, ... }:
 
 let
-  myFont = "Inconsolata";
-  myFontPkg = pkgs.inconsolata;
-  myThemePath = "../../../themes/"+myTheme+"/"+myTheme+".yaml";
+  themePath = "../../../themes"+("/"+theme+"/"+theme)+".yaml";
+  themePolarity = lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/polarity.txt"));
+  backgroundUrl = builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes"+("/"+theme)+"/backgroundurl.txt");
+  backgroundSha256 = builtins.readFile (./. + "../../../themes/"+("/"+theme)+"/backgroundsha256.txt");
 in
 {
-  home.file.".currenttheme".text = myTheme;
+  home.file.".currenttheme".text = theme;
   stylix.autoEnable = false;
-  stylix.polarity = myThemePolarity;
+  stylix.polarity = themePolarity;
   stylix.image = pkgs.fetchurl {
-    url = myBackgroundUrl;
-    sha256 = myBackgroundSha256;
+    url = backgroundUrl;
+    sha256 = backgroundSha256;
   };
-  stylix.base16Scheme = ./. + myThemePath;
+  stylix.base16Scheme = ./. + themePath;
 
   stylix.fonts = {
     monospace = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     serif = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     sansSerif = {
-      name = myFont;
-      package = myFontPkg;
+      name = font;
+      package = fontPkg;
     };
     emoji = {
       name = "Noto Color Emoji";
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ in
     #!/bin/sh
     feh --no-fehbg --bg-fill ''+
   pkgs.fetchurl {
-    url = myBackgroundUrl;
-    sha256 = myBackgroundSha256;
+    url = backgroundUrl;
+    sha256 = backgroundSha256;
   }+'';
   '';
   home.file.".fehbg-stylix".executable = true;